We’re close enough to the release date of August 29 that I’m kind of beyond much speculation, just at that, “shrug, we’ll see” stage of thinking. Let me point out some places where I was definitely wrong in my guesses based on earlier promotional material, and comment on some of the latest news:
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Happy Summer! Have a Free Novel!
Free Novel!
The name’s Chloe Fortebat, and I am in trouble. I left my father’s ranch on the plains to come to the Old World: a place of airships, steampower, and monsters nobody talks about. Now I’m dodging giant werewolves with fangs the size of my knife, and the hunters crazy enough to go after them. The most dangerous of these doesn’t look the part: a quiet, sharp-dressed medical man with a tired face….
My name is Dr. Maxim os Storm, and I hunt the beasts that haunt the night. The leader of this pack of werewolves has set his mark on Miss Fortebat, but this brave lady would rather fight him than let him make her his tool. As far as I am concerned, that makes her my ally. My only chance of curing her lies with an ancient machine, hidden by my people in the caves beneath Wolf Island. We must keep that artifact out of the werewolf’s grasp at all costs, for he would put it to a terrible use….
Continue reading “Happy Summer! Have a Free Novel!”Writing Vacay, Day 4
Spent some time helping a family member with a craft project (needed two cutting mats and pairs of hands instead of one of each.)
- 73 words adjusting earlier scenes in the WIP
- 1027 words moving forward on the WIP.
- a tidy 1100 words total.
Writing Vacay, Day 3
Slept in dramatically, felt much better, got some stuff done around the house. Still got a late start on anything writing adjacent:
- Some brainstorming
- a lot of research on the less feudal bits (Switzerland, Frisia, etc) of medieval Europe, vaguely connected with one of the plot bunnies
- 100-200 words adjusting earlier scenes in the WIP
- 972 words moving forward on the WIP
- lower word target met! yay?
Weird Wednesday: Rings of Power, Season Two Behind the Scenes
Thoughts below, including several cases where my speculations based on the teaser proved wrong…
Continue reading “Weird Wednesday: Rings of Power, Season Two Behind the Scenes”Weird Wednesday: Doctor Who and the 7 Golden Vampires
To those who are not familiar with the movies and tv show being referenced, no explanation is possible. To those who are, no explanation is necessary. To those who whine about how awful the source movies are: I have so little respect for your opinions that I am not even doing you the courtesy of putting these beneath the fold.
Rings of Powers Season Two Teaser
More thoughts below, but keep in mind that I neither hate RoP enough to fisk it nor love it enough to defend it.
Continue reading “Rings of Powers Season Two Teaser”Likeable and Unlikeable Main Characters
Elsewhere on the web, there was a discussion going on about whether readers of popular fiction would tolerate an unlikeable main character, and I stuck my oar in – well, a whole galley’s worth of oars actually. I thought I would try to summarize some of my opinions here:
Continue reading “Likeable and Unlikeable Main Characters”Spring Book Sale
Happy (Upcoming) Easter!
This year, I’m participating in AetherCzar’s Based Spring Book Sale.
Steampunk author Hans G. Schantz (aka AetherCzar) has graciously included Shadow Captain in his sale. As usual Hans pulls together dozens of indie and small-press titles, which emphasize fun and escapism over Serious Messages and the grinding concerns of the real world, all on sale or for free. I hope you can find something you like here.
Wolf’s Trail is Free Until Friday!
The name’s Chloe Fortebat, and I am in trouble. I left my father’s ranch on the plains to come to the Old World: a place of airships, steampower, and monsters nobody talks about. Now I’m dodging giant werewolves with fangs the size of my knife, and the hunters crazy enough to go after them. The most dangerous of these doesn’t look the part: a quiet, sharp-dressed medical man with a tired face….
My name is Dr. Maxim os Storm, and I hunt the beasts that haunt the night. The leader of this pack of werewolves has set his mark on Miss Fortebat, but this brave lady would rather fight him than let him make her his tool. As far as I am concerned, that makes her my ally. My only chance of curing her lies with an ancient machine, hidden by my people in the caves beneath Wolf Island. We must keep that artifact out of the werewolf’s grasp at all costs, for he would put it to a terrible use….
Wolf’s Trail, the first book in Hunter Healer King, my gothic gaslamp fantasy series, is free for all readers until Friday, March 22, 2024!
You may know me from my clean romantic fantasy novels in the Jaiya series and the Ancestors of Jaiya series, or my space operas, the Star Master duology. Wolf’s Trail still combines adventure, mysticism, romance and fun characters, while avoiding harsh language and the more graphic forms of violence and sexuality. This new series is written for fans of steampunk, gaslamp fantasy, lost civilizations, and monster hunters like Van Helsing (the more action hero version of the character, as portrayed by Peter Cushing and Hugh Jackman).
Jaglion Press 